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Association of left ventricular strain with 30-Day mortality and readmission in patients with heart failure
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Saito, M and Negishi, K and Eskandari, M and Huynh, Q and Hawson, J and Moore, A and Koneru, S and Foster, S and Marwick, TH, Association of left ventricular strain with 30-Day mortality and readmission in patients with heart failure, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 28, (6) pp. 652-666. ISSN 0894-7317 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 by the American Society of Echocardiogrephy
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.echo.2015.02.007
Abstract
Background: Heart failure (HF) readmissions are a common and serious problem of heterogeneous etiology. Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction has not been found to be a consistent risk marker. However, LV strain has been shown to predict outcomes in other settings, so the aim of this study was to determine the association of LV strain with 30-day HF readmission, independent of and incremental to clinical and basic echocardiographic parameters.
Methods: A total of 468 patients who underwent echocardiography at the time of the first admission for HF from July 2009 to June 2012 were retrospectively studied. Clinical parameters were comprehensively assessed, and standard echocardiographic parameters and two strain parameters (global longitudinal strain [GLS] and global circumferential strain) were measured using speckle-tracking. Patients were followed for all-cause 30-day hospital readmission or death after discharge, and the associations of parameters with outcome were assessed using Cox proportional hazards models.
Results: Readmission within 30 days (n = 92 patients [20%]) was associated with greater impairment of LV GLS (−8.6% [interquartile range, −10.9% to −5.9%] vs −11.1% [interquartile range, −14.6% to −7.7%], P < .01). The association of GLS with readmission (hazard ratio, 1.13; 95% confidence interval, 1.07–1.19; P < .01) was independent of age, male gender, systolic blood pressure, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker use, and comorbidity, as well as renal function, sodium, hematocrit, LV mass, left atrial size, and mitral regurgitation. Global circumferential strain was associated with outcome but not was independent after adjustment with echocardiographic parameters. In sequential models for 30-day outcome, GLS added incremental information to clinical parameters and LV ejection fraction and significantly improved reclassification (categorical net reclassification improvement, 0.34; P = .04) when LV ejection fraction was >50%.
Conclusions: GLS is associated with HF readmission, independent of and incremental to clinical and basic echocardiographic parameters.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | heart failure, readmission, strain |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Saito, M (Dr Makoto Saito) |
UTAS Author: | Negishi, K (Dr Kazuaki Negishi) |
UTAS Author: | Huynh, Q (Dr Quan Huynh) |
UTAS Author: | Marwick, TH (Professor Tom Marwick) |
ID Code: | 100987 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 28 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2015-06-04 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-02 |
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